"When audience members arrive at Masquerade, the immersive quasi revival of Phantom of the Opera, they need to know the password. They use it to enter a large building that was once the home of Lee's Art Shop and has now been turned, under director Diane Paulus, into a multifloor, multiroom performance space. (They also need to wear a mask over their eyes, but don't worry if you're not the type to have costumes lying around: Cute little show-appropriate ones are provided at the door.)"
"Jackson McHenry: Hi, Sara. I've just gotten back from visiting the Phantom's new mind palace in Midtown. You're supposed to wear black, white, or silver - and compared to some Phans in full cocktail attire, I felt underdressed. Anyway, what was your Masquerade experience? Did you get pulled aside for any special interactions? Sara Holdren: I did! But first, I have to admit that I last saw Phantom on Broadway when I was 11, and that experience didn't turn me into a Phan girl."
Audience members must know a password and wear a mask to enter Masquerade, an immersive, quasi-revival staging of Phantom of the Opera housed in the former Lee's Art Shop. Diane Paulus has transformed the building into a multifloor, multiroom performance space where patrons are ushered from scene to scene and sometimes pulled aside by cast members for individual interactions. The production uses mostly prerecorded music with a single live violinist; vocal performances are live and prominent. Small, show-appropriate eye masks are provided at the door and black, white, or silver attire is suggested. New backstory elements include a traveling-carnival sequence depicting a young Phantom displayed in a freak show.
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